EP2929582B1 - Redox-flow-batterie mit spannungsbegrenzer - Google Patents

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EP2929582B1
EP2929582B1 EP12889729.5A EP12889729A EP2929582B1 EP 2929582 B1 EP2929582 B1 EP 2929582B1 EP 12889729 A EP12889729 A EP 12889729A EP 2929582 B1 EP2929582 B1 EP 2929582B1
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  • This disclosure relates to flow batteries for selectively storing and discharging electric energy.
  • Flow batteries also known as redox flow batteries or redox flow cells, are designed to convert electrical energy into chemical energy that can be stored and later released when there is demand.
  • a flow battery may be used with a renewable energy system, such as a wind-powered system, to store energy that exceeds consumer demand and later release that energy when there is greater demand.
  • a typical flow battery includes a redox flow cell that has a negative electrode and a positive electrode separated by an electrolyte layer, which may include a separator, such as an ion-exchange membrane.
  • a negative liquid electrolyte is delivered to the negative electrode and a positive liquid electrolyte is delivered to the positive electrode to drive electrochemically reversible redox reactions.
  • the electrical energy supplied causes a chemical reduction reaction in one electrolyte and an oxidation reaction in the other electrolyte.
  • the separator prevents the electrolytes from mixing but permits selected ions to pass through to complete the redox reactions.
  • the chemical energy contained in the liquid electrolytes is released in the reverse reactions and electrical energy can be drawn from the electrodes.
  • Flow batteries are distinguished from other electrochemical devices by, inter alia, the use of externally-supplied, liquid electrolyte solutions that include reactants that participate in reversible electrochemical reactions.
  • a prior art flow battery having the features of the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in CN 102 354 .
  • JP 2006 313691 and JP 2012 164530 also disclose prior art flow batteries.
  • the present invention provides a flow battery in accordance with claim 1.
  • the present invention provides a method of controlling corrosion in a flow battery in accordance with claim 4.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows portions of an example flow battery 20 for selectively storing and discharging electrical energy.
  • the flow battery 20 may be used to convert electrical energy generated in a renewable energy system to chemical energy that is stored until a later time when there is greater demand at which the flow battery 20 then converts the chemical energy back into electrical energy.
  • the flow battery 20 can supply the electric energy to an electric grid, for example.
  • the disclosed flow battery 20 includes features for enhanced corrosion protection.
  • the flow battery 20 includes a liquid electrolyte 22 that has an electrochemically active specie 24 that functions in a redox pair with regard to an additional liquid electrolyte 26 and electrochemically active specie 28.
  • the electrochemically active species 24 and 28 are based on vanadium, bromine, iron, chromium, zinc, cerium, lead or combinations thereof.
  • the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are aqueous solutions that include one or more of the electrochemically active species 24 and 28.
  • a single one of the liquid electrolytes 22 or 26 can be used in combination with a gaseous reactant.
  • the flow battery 20 has at least one liquid electrolyte (22 or 26) that has an electrochemically active specie (24 or 28).
  • the liquid electrolytes 22 e.g., an anolyte
  • 26 e.g., a catholyte
  • a storage portion 30 that includes respective storage tanks 32 and 34.
  • the storage tanks 32 and 34 are substantially equivalent cylindrical storage tanks; however, the storage tanks 32 and 34 can alternatively have other shapes and sizes.
  • the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are delivered (e.g., pumped) to one or more cells 36 of the flow battery 20 through respective feed lines 38 and are returned from the cell or cells 36 to the storage tanks 32 and 34 via return lines 40.
  • the cell 36 includes a first electrode 42, a second electrode 44 spaced apart from the first electrode 42, and an electrolyte separator layer 46 arranged between the first electrode 42 and the second electrode 44.
  • the cell or cells 36 can include bipolar plates, manifolds and the like for delivering the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 through flow field channels to the electrodes 42 and 44.
  • the cell or cells 36 can alternatively be configured for flow-through operation where the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are pumped directly into the electrodes 42 and 44 without the use of flow field channels.
  • the electrolyte separator layer 46 can be an ionic-exchange membrane, or a micro-porous polymer membrane, or an electrically insulating microporous matrix of a material like SiC that prevents the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 from rapidly mixing but permits selected ions to pass through to complete the redox reactions while electrically isolating the two electrodes 42 and 44.
  • Multiple cells 36 can be provided in a stack.
  • the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are delivered to the cell 36 to either convert electrical energy into chemical energy or, in the reverse reaction, convert chemical energy into electrical energy that can be discharged.
  • the electrical energy is transmitted to and from the cell 36 through an electric circuit 48 that is electrically coupled with the electrodes 42 and 44.
  • the electric circuit 48 includes a voltage-limiting device 50.
  • the voltage limiting-device 50 is configured to limit a voltage potential V across the electrodes 42 and 44 upon transition of the cell or cells 36 to or from an inactive, shut-down mode with respect to an active, charge/discharge mode.
  • the flow battery 20 has several modes of use, including the inactive, shut-down mode.
  • the modes are represented by different physical states of the flow battery 20.
  • the flow battery 20 has an active, charge/discharge mode in which the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are continuously circulated from the storage tanks 32 and 34 through the cell or cells 36 and back into the storage tanks 32 and 34.
  • the charge/discharge mode the flow battery is either being charged with electrical energy from the electric circuit 48 or is discharging electrical energy to the electric circuit 48.
  • the cell or cells 36 are substantially or completely filled with the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26.
  • the porous volume of the cell or cells are ideally 100% filled with the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 and, at a minimum, are 90% filled with the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26.
  • the flow battery 20 is transitioned from the charge/discharge mode into an inactive, shut-down mode when not in use for charging or discharging, or vice versa for start-up.
  • the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are static in the inactive, shut-down mode, at least with regard to active pumping, such that the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 do not flow through the cell or cells 36 and are primarily held in the respective storage tanks 32 and 34.
  • the cell or cells 36 are at least partially drained of the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 in the shut-down mode such that the cell or cells 36 are partially or fully empty.
  • the cell or cells 36 are more than 90% empty with regard to liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 in the porous volume of the cell or cells 36.
  • the porous volumes of the cell or cells 36 are mostly filled with gases from the head-space of the storage tanks displaced by the liquid volume drained from the cells. Air may also infiltrate the system and enter the cells when the cells are drained of liquid.
  • the cell or cells 36 are at least partially drained of the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 in the shut-down mode, as described above, and the empty volume is provided with a chemically and electrochemically inert cover gas.
  • the cover gas includes nitrogen, argon, helium or combinations thereof.
  • the cover gas has a purity of 90% or greater of the given gas or gases. The cover gas serves to blanket the cell or cells 36 in a relatively chemically inert environment to facilitate the prevention of air or oxygen entering into the cell or cells 36 and protect against oxidation corrosion or self-discharge reactions with the electrochemically active species..
  • the cell or cells 36 are partially or fully filled with the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 in the shut-down mode and permitted to self-discharge to a discharged state.
  • the discharged liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are held, without active pumping circulation, in the cell or cells 36 during the period of the inactive, shut-down mode.
  • the discharged liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 serve to blanket the cell or cells 36 to limit exposure to air or oxygen that may infiltrate the flow battery 20.
  • the flow battery 20 must be started to bring it out of the inactive, shut-down mode and into the active, charge/discharge mode. Conversely, if in the charge/discharge mode, the flow battery 20 must be stopped or shut-down to bring it into the inactive, shut-down mode.
  • the start-up period begins with the initiation of circulation of the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 from the storage tanks 32 and 34 and ends once the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 substantially or completely fill the cell or cells 36 as described above in the active charge/discharge mode.
  • the shut-down period begins with the stopping of circulation of the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 from the storage tanks 32 and 34 and ends once the start-up period is initiated.
  • the flow battery 20 is susceptible to corrosion during these transition periods of starting-up or shutting-down, which can debit the performance and useful life of the flow battery 20.
  • the type and degree of corrosion can depend on which of the inactive, shut-down modes are used. For example, in the inactive, shut-down mode with the cell or cells 36 at least partially empty, the free volume of the cell or cells 36 can contain air and moisture that has infiltrated the flow battery 20. A minor amount of hydrogen may also be present from spontaneous self-discharging of the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 during the inactive, shut-down mode. Upon start-up, the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are fed into the cell or cells 36.
  • the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 fill the feed inlet of cell or cells 36, they generate a cell voltage, as is the case during normal operation. However, this cell voltage is also present at the exits of the cells, since the cell components are good electrical conductors, yet the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 have not yet reached the cell exits during the start-up period, and air/oxygen and water are present at the exits. If the cell voltage exceeds a threshold, the electric potential generated in the electrodes 42 and 44 can drive undesired corrosion reactions between the oxygen, water, and/or hydrogen and the materials of the cell or cells 36, such as to convert carbon of carbon-based components to carbon dioxide. In one example, the threshold in the flow battery 20 is 1.5 volts per cell for driving carbon corrosion reactions.
  • the electric potential at the exit of the cell or cells 36 can exceed a threshold that drives undesired corrosion reactions.
  • the threshold and thus the severity of the corrosion reactions, can vary depending upon the selected inactive, shut-down mode and the length of the shut-down period. Similar phenomenon can occur upon shutting down from the charge/discharge mode into the shut-down mode.
  • the flow battery 20 includes the voltage-limiting device 50.
  • the voltage-limiting device 50 facilitates the reduction in the cell voltages during transition and thereby reduces the undesired corrosion reactions that can occur.
  • the voltage-limiting device 50 comprises a plurality of resistors that are electrically connected in parallel or series.
  • the voltage-limiting device 50 has an electric impedance that is selected to correspond to the voltage generated by the particular flow battery 20 during the transition period.
  • the selected electric impedance limits the cell or stack voltage but does not draw so much current as to generate a starvation condition of the cell or cells 36 with regard to the amount of liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 available for reaction. That is, a non-zero voltage potential below the threshold for driving corrosion reactions is desired.
  • an instantaneous desired amount of electric impedance through the transition period as the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 fill the cell or cells 36 changes.
  • the electric impedance of the voltage-limiting device 50 can be varied through the transition period to maintain or control the electric potential with regard to an identified threshold. For example, for a start-up period, the voltage-limiting device 50 can initially provide a relatively low electric impedance that is then increased through the start-up period as the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 fill the cell or cells 36. The inverse may be used for a shut-down.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates selected portions of another example flow battery 120.
  • like reference numerals designate like elements where appropriate and reference numerals with the addition of one-hundred or multiples thereof designate modified elements that are understood to incorporate the same features and benefits of the corresponding elements.
  • an electric circuit 148 of the flow battery 120 includes a voltage-limiting device 150 that has a plurality of resistors 150a.
  • the resistors 150a can be connected in series or in parallel.
  • the voltage-limiting device 150 is in communication with a controller 152.
  • the controller 152 may also be connected with other components of the flow battery 120, such as pumps, valves, gas sources, etc., to control the operation thereof.
  • the controller 152 can include software, hardware or both and is operable to control operation of the voltage-limiting device 150 with respect to the resistors 150a. Given this description, one of ordinary skill in the art will be able to provide appropriate hardware and/or programming to operate the controller 152 as described herein.
  • the controller 152 can individually control each of the resistors 150a between an ON (resistance) and OFF (no resistance) state to vary the overall electric impedance of the voltage-limiting device 150 through the transition period.
  • Figure 3 illustrates selected portions of another example flow battery 220 that is somewhat similar to the flow battery 20 depicted in Figure 1 but also includes gas sources 260.
  • the gas sources 260 can be fluidly connected with the respective storage tanks 32 and 34 and the respective electrodes 42 and 44.
  • the gas sources include one or more of the cover gases described above and serve to provide the cover gas to a header volume of the storage tanks 32 and 34 and to the cell or cells 36.
  • a single gas source can be used to provide the cover gas to a header volume of the storage tanks 32 and 34 by fluidly connecting the gas reservoirs at the top of the storage tanks 32 and 34. This single gas source can also be used to provide the cover gas to both electrodes of the cell or cells 36.
  • Figure 4 shows an example method 470 of controlling a voltage potential in a flow battery during a mode transition to control corrosion, such as in any of the flow batteries 20, 120 and 220 described herein. That is, the flow batteries 20, 120 and 220 embody the method 470 and vice versa.
  • the method 470 includes step 472 of transitioning the flow battery to or from the inactive, shut-down mode with respect to the active, charge/discharge mode and step 474 of limiting a voltage potential across a first electrode and a second electrode of the flow battery during and in response to the transitioning by using a voltage-limiting device arranged in an electric circuit that is electrically coupled with the first electrode and the second electrode.
  • the method 470 can further include any or all of the operational actions described herein with regard to the flow batteries 20, 120 and 220.
  • the voltage-limiting device 50/150 is optionally disengaged in response to the start-up period ending. That is, the voltage-limiting device 50/150 ceases to provide any impedance.
  • the method 470 includes limiting or controlling the voltage potential across the electrodes by controlling the active flow of the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26.
  • the start-up includes feeding the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 into the cell or cells 36 such that the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 are fed one at a time. Feeding the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 one at a time can lower the cell voltages generated by the inlet region of the cell or cells 36 and thus reduces or avoids driving any corrosion reactions.
  • the anolyte 22 is introduced first, followed by the catholyte 24, after the anolyte is exiting the cells.
  • the method 470 includes limiting or controlling the voltage potential across the electrodes by stopping (i.e. no active pumping) the flow of the liquid electrolytes 22 and 26 into the cell or cells 36 one at a time. For example, the catholyte 24 flow is stopped first, followed by the anolyte 22, after the cell voltages have decreased below the cell voltage threshold.
  • the voltage limiting device can be utilized to lower the cell voltages more rapidly after flow of one or both of the electrolytes are stopped.
  • the voltage limiting device can be used to bring the average cell voltage down to desired shut-down voltage (e.g., less than 0.2 V per cell) and then the anolyte 22 is stopped.
  • desired shut-down voltage e.g., less than 0.2 V per cell
  • the cells are shut down in a known state; namely, to an electrochemical potential that is close to the anolyte potential, which is significantly lower than the catholyte potential and will thereby minimize undesired oxidation reactions that can occur during the shut-down period.
  • the method 470 can include filling the electrodes 42 and 44 with the cover gas, as described herein.

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  1. Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120), die Folgendes umfasst:
    wenigstens eine Zelle (36), die eine erste Elektrode (42), eine zweite Elektrode (44), die von der ersten Elektrode (42) beabstandet ist, und eine Elektrolyttrennschicht (46) einschließt, die zwischen der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) angeordnet ist;
    einen Speicherabschnitt (30), der fluidverbunden mit der wenigstens einen Zelle (36) ist;
    wenigstens einen flüssigen Elektrolyten (22, 26), der eine elektrochemisch aktive Spezies einschließt, wobei der wenigstens eine flüssige Elektrolyt (22, 26) selektiv an die wenigstens eine Zelle (36) lieferbar ist; und
    eine elektrische Schaltung, die elektrisch mit der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) gekoppelt ist, wobei die elektrische Schaltung einen Spannungsbegrenzer (50; 150) einschließt, der konfiguriert ist, um ein Spannungspotenzial in der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) zu begrenzen, als Reaktion auf einen Übergang der wenigstens einen Zelle (36) in einen inaktiven, abgestellten Modus oder daraus hinaus in Bezug auf einen aktiven, Lade/Entlade-Modus; dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Spannungsbegrenzer (150) eine Vielzahl von Widerständen (150a) aufweist, und jeder der Vielzahl von Widerständen (150a) individuell steuerbar ist zwischen einem Ein- und einem Aus-Zustand.
  2. Redox-Flow-Batterie nach Anspruch 1, ferner umfassend eine Steuerung (152), die in Kommunikation mit dem Spannungsbegrenzer (150) ist, wobei die Steuerung (152) konfiguriert ist, um individuell einen Betrieb von jedem der Widerstände (150a) zwischen dem EIN- und dem AUS-Zustand davon zu steuern, um die elektrische Gesamtimpedanz des Spannungsbegrenzers (150) zu variieren.
  3. Redox-Flow-Batterie nach Anspruch 2, wobei die Steuerung (152) konfiguriert ist, um die elektrische Impedanz des Spannungsbegrenzers (150) während des Übergangs der wenigstens einen Zelle (36) von dem inaktiven, abgeschalteten Modus in den aktiven Lade/Entlade-Modus zu erhöhen, und die elektrische Impedanz des Spannungsbegrenzers (150) während des Übergangs der wenigstens einen Zelle (36) von dem aktiven Lade/Entlade-Modus in den inaktiven, abgeschalteten Modus zu verringern.
  4. Verfahren zum Steuern eines Spannungspotenzials in einer Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) während eines Modusübergangs um Korrosion zu steuern, wobei das Verfahren Folgendes umfasst:
    (a) Übergehen einer Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) in einen inaktiven, abgeschalteten Modus oder daraus heraus in Bezug auf einen aktiven Lade/Entlade-Modus, wobei die Redox-Flow-Batterie wenigstens eine Zelle (36) einschließt, die eine erste Elektrode (42), eine zweite Elektrode (44), die von der ersten Elektrode (42) beabstandet ist, und eine Elektrolyttrennschicht (46), die zwischen der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) angeordnet ist, aufweist; und
    (b) Begrenzen eines Spannungspotenzials in der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) während des Schritts (a) unter Verwendung eines Spannungsbegrenzers (50; 150), der in einer elektrischen Schaltung angeordnet ist, die elektrisch mit der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) gekoppelt ist; dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Spannungsbegrenzer (150) eine Vielzahl von Widerständen (150a) aufweist, und jeder der Vielzahl von Widerständen (150a) individuell zwischen einem EIN- und einem AUS-Zustand steuerbar ist.
  5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, einschließlich eines Begrenzens des Spannungspotenzials in der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44), um unterhalb eines vorbestimmten Schwellenwertspannungspotenzials zu liegen.
  6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4 oder 5 wobei das Übergehen ein Einschalten der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) aus dem inaktiven, abgeschalteten Modus in den aktiven Lade/Entlade-Modus einschließt, und wobei während des Einschaltens der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) die wenigstens eine Zelle (36) der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) teilweise entleert von wenigstens einem flüssigen Elektrolyt (22, 26) ist.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, 5 oder 6, wobei das Übergehen ein Einschalten der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) aus dem inaktiven, abgeschalteten Modus in den aktiven Lade/Entlade-Modus einschließt, und wobei während des Einschaltens der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) die wenigstens eine Zelle (36) ein Schutzgas darin aufweist, das ausgewählt ist aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Luft, Stickstoff, Argon, Helium, Wasserstoff und Kombinationen davon.
  8. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 7, wobei das Übergehen ein Einschalten der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) aus dem inaktiven, abgeschalteten Modus in den aktiven Lade/Entlade-Modus und ein Außer-Eingriff-Bringen des Spannungsbegrenzers (50; 150) einschließt, sodass der Spannungsbegrenzer (50; 150) aufhört, das Spannungspotenzial in der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) zu begrenzen.
  9. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 8, wobei das Übergehen ein Ausschalten der Redox-Flow-Batterie (20; 120) aus dem aktiven, Lade/Entlade-Modus in den inaktiven, abgeschalteten Modus und ein Füllen der ersten Elektrode (42) und der zweiten Elektrode (44) mit einem Schutzgas einschließt, das ausgewählt ist aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Luft, Stickstoff, Argon, Helium, Wasserstoff und Kombinationen davon.
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